Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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Transcription
got a long letter from the four big girls--Harrimans, Averill & Draper In reply to which I fell into doggerrell lik[e] the rest of the party--a copy of which I send you strictly for home private consumption--The true Story of J. B.& Behring SeaJohn B.Burroughs heSaid he could never like Behring SeaAnd said it most dolefulA whole rhyming soulfulMoaning itGroaning itPatheticallee!It's big & its blue, he saidAnd has whales & a crew, he saidOf sea loins & sealsThat splash merry reelsWith queer ravings & wrangles--Contortious, Contangles,But its waves won't keep level,They keep only mad revel,And alas--my interiorGrows queerior queeriorThe thing's shaking all overAnd its kelp its not cloverAnd its seals & its whalesAnd its gulls & its galesCare nothing whatever for Slabsides or me.07194
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1899-10-08T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir10_1019-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 1019
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
